To strengthen France’s export offer and to put the trade balance back on an even keel in the next five years, four families of priority activities have been identified around the notion of “Mieux Vivre” (Bet...

The Minister for Foreign Trade Nicole Bricq will bring the concept of "Ville Durable" through the entiere world. The idea is to build a city which respect the environnement which brings jobs, new houses, soc...

The dream finally turned into reality at Paris City Hall on the evening of 24 September. In a new protocol agreement, Xavier Niel, Founder of Free committed, along with the Caisse des Dépôts, a public invest...

On 3 July, the French National Assembly voted in a draft bill on consumption whose key measure is the authorisation of class action. An initiative that follows in the footsteps of the European Commission a...

A conference aimed at public buyers took place on Thursday 11 April in Paris, to promote innovative buying. Written into its “National Pact for Growth, Competitiveness and Employment”, this new principle aim...

Taxation and high incomes are at the heart of the German electoral debate. The DIHK, the federation of German CCIs, estimates that if the opposition parties are victorious, there is a risk that the country’s...

While the tax on bank deposits in Cyprus has rekindled anti-German feeling in the south of Europe, the German CCIs are supporting their government’s action and are focusing on preserving the euro – a conditi...

The enforcing of long-contested regulations on the placing of “made in” labels on all products originating from Europe means that from 2015 onwards, consumers will be informed about where their goods come fr...

Marking out a world that has become increasingly competitive, innovation remains the top value in the eyes of companies from all countries. On the other hand, while quality takes out second position in most ...

A sea snake in political and diplomatic relations between the European Union and the United States, a Transatlantic Free Trade Area is likely to see the light of day in two years’ time, according to vows mad...

For Belgian companies, the European domestic market is far from a reality. Considering that too many barriers still block their way towards their European neighbours, they have entrusted, to the Federation...

The last bolt clamping down the European employment market is about to be unscrewed. Soon, the recognition of degrees, professional experience and qualifications is to be simplified by the creation of a Euro...

In terms of employment, could it be that the ageing of the population is more decisive factor than the financial crisis and the economic recession? Decisive enough, in any case, to push German SMEs to create...

One of the main objectives of German businesses is to (re)position themselves on African markets in the face of Asian competition. For this purpose, they are seeking to nurture direct links in Berlin with re...

Endowing Europe with instruments to stop its deindustrialisation and to boost industrial production: this is the objective set by the Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and German Ministers of Industry and...

The European Parliament recently gave the go-ahead to the creation of a European patent. It will be possible, from 2014 onwards, for businesses and individuals to file a single patent for the protection of t...

Engaged in a process of exchanging information, goods and services, the planet has undergone a decline in “global connectedness” since the start of the crisis. According to a DHL index, the current level of ...

Despite the crisis, the twenty members States of the ESA (European Space Agency) have reiterated their interest in pursuing space programmes including Ariane. These decisions also mark a Franco-German agreem...